Real-time updates on incidents, legal cases, policy changes, and testimonies from the persecuted Church.
Pakistan Christian Maid Burned To Death
Posted on Thursday, April 1, 2010
A young Christian maid was raped and burned to death by the son of her Muslim employer in the industrial city of Sheikhupura, the second murder of a domestic servant in Pakistan's Punjab province in less than two…
China Christian Dissident Gao Zhisheng “Alive”
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
One of China's best known Christian dissidents, missing for over a year and feared dead, is apparently alive and staying in mountains known for Buddhist pilgrimages, Worthy News monitored Tuesday, March 30.
Vietnam Christian Dissident Released; Evangelist Palau On “Historic” Visit
Posted on Tuesday, March 30, 2010
A Vietnamese Christian lawyer and dissident has pledged to continue her fight for more democracy in the Comnunist-run Asian nation, after leaving prison where she spent three years for challenging the authorities and advocating a multi-party government, Worthy…
Orissa Authorities Detain Christian Preachers
Posted on Friday, March 26, 2010
A Christian preacher of one of India's oldest mission organizations has been held in a prison in India's volatile Orissa state since December over allegations that he has links with a militant group, evangelical leaders said Friday, March…
Pakistan Funeral For Burned Christian
Posted on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hundreds of people attended the funeral Wednesday, March 24, of a young Christian man who was allegedly burned by Muslim extremists and police officers for refusing to convert to Islam.
Over 1,000 Anti-Christian Attacks In Indian State, report
Posted on Monday, March 22, 2010
An official of one of India's largest evangelical umbrella groups says his organization recorded over 1,000 anti-Christians attacks in 500 days in the Indian state of Karnataka and that the number is growing "by the day."
India Pastor Jailed For Converting Hindus, Corpse Exhumed
Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010
Police in India's southern state Karnataka detained a pastor for "forcing" Hindus "to convert" to Christianity, while Hindu extremists exhumed a Christian's dead body saying it "contaminated" a cemetery's soil, evangelical leaders confirmed Friday, March 19.
Prayer Vigil For Murdered American Evangelists
Posted on Thursday, March 18, 2010
Christian leaders are preparing a major prayer vigil in Florida "to honor the lives" of two young street preachers who were shot and killed while evangelizing on the streets of the U.S. state's Boynton Beach, organizers said.
BREAKING NEWS: Over Dozen Christians Killed In Nigeria
Posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010
A group of Muslim herdsmen disguised as soldiers "butchered" and then burned over a dozen Christians Wednesday, March 17, in a small Christian village in central Nigeria, near the location where hundreds were killed last week, witnesses and…
Vietnam Priest Released After Three Years Imprisonment
Posted on Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Christian rights activists on Wednesday, March 16, welcomed the early release by Vietnam of a prominent Catholic priest from prison after he served just three of an-eight year sentence, but they expressed concerns over his health.
Nigeria Women Protest Against Massacre of Christians
Posted on Monday, March 15, 2010
Thousands of women dressed in black have marched through the streets of the troubled Nigerian city of Jos "to mourn, pray and protest" against the killings of possible hundreds of people, most of them Christians, by suspected Muslim…
Pakistan Couple, Man, Jailed For Blasphemy
Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2010
A Christian couple, were detained Thursday, March 11, as they began serving a 25-year prison term for blasphemy against Islam shortly after another Christian received a similar sentence, the latest in a series of cases that have worried…
